Cossmann Violins

15 years and counting! Promoting equity in music education in Austin. I'm honored to be part of an amazing nonprofit's community.

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Come on by the HEB at 2400 South Congress and hear Austin's musicians! Stop by the HEB BBQ joint and say "hi"!

More faith-based perspective on Chrlie Kirk, his movement, and his assassination. Christianity is not monolithic.

Barenboim on the importance of music education, taken from his masterclass on Beethoven’s sonatas. With clarity and depth, he highlights how music is not just sound, but thought-an essential language of emotion, logic, and humanity. His insight reveals how learning music shapes not only musicians, but more complete individuals. Credit: @classicast_ #pianoeducation

Somebody has been neglecting the supply cabinat. So, this client gets a handcarved soundpost of Engelmann spruce from my time at the school in Salt Lake City.

Matching music hats for Heather's birthday. 62 years young today. Yamas for dinner ladt night with daughter Zora Ellis. Pickle ball for the first time Saturday. Hanging with Maya Smith tonight.

After two years away from the bench wrestling with major depression and treatmemt side effects, I'm finally on my way back to work. And there are plenty of incomplete projects awaiting my return: cello ribs to be thinned; a neck to be set; a Brescian viola seeking a bassbar; and the 1703 Stradivari Rougement project from an Oberlin Violin Makers Workshop begging to be finished.

I may be tempted to worry about the pace of my work, but I know better. I'll be using IG as an accountability tool - one of many.